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Overview. 19th century photograph of the High Street looking west with University College on the left and the spires of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Saints Church in the distance. The street has been described by Nikolaus Pevsner as " one of the world's great streets ". [2] It forms a gentle curve and is the subject of ...
Oxford Street. / 51.51528°N 0.14194°W / 51.51528; -0.14194. Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It marks the notional boundary between the areas of Fitzrovia and Marylebone to the north, with Soho and Mayfair to its ...
Churchwarden (s) Nicholas Hardyman, Janet Greenland. The University Church of St Mary the Virgin ( St Mary's or SMV for short) is an Anglican church in Oxford situated on the north side of the High Street. It is the centre from which the University of Oxford grew and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings.
Queen's Lane Coffee House is a historic coffee house established by Cirques Jobson, a Levantine Jew from Syria. [1] Dating back to 1654, it is the oldest continually serving coffee house in Europe, [2] [3] but it has only been on the present site ( Oxford, England) since 1970. [4] The building in which it operates is a Grade II listed building. [4]
The former City of Oxford High School for Boys building on the south side of the street was designed by T. G. Jackson and built in 1880-81. In 1966, the school moved to the Southfields Grammar School site and its former building became the University of Oxford Classics Department.
Official Box Office. New Theatre Oxford (formerly the Apollo Theatre Oxford and The Apollo, from 1977–2003) is the main commercial theatre in Oxford, England. It has a capacity of 1,785 people; is on George Street, in the centre of the city; and puts on a wide variety of shows, including musical theatre, stand-up comedy, and concerts . The ...
High Street, Oxford is an oil painting by J. M. W. Turner that was exhibited in 1810.. The painting shows a view looking west along the High Street, a major street in central Oxford, England, with University College on the left, All Souls College on the right, and the spires of All Saints Church (now the library of Lincoln College, centre) and St Mary's Church (the University church, centre ...
The Old Bank Hotel. / 51.75417°N 1.25444°W / 51.75417; -1.25444. The Old Bank Hotel is a hotel located in the historic university city of Oxford, England. It is located on the south side of Oxford's High Street, where it was the first hotel in 135 years to be created in the city centre. [1]